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Veo raises $25M for AI-based cameras that record and analyze football and other team sports

TechCrunch

Sports have been among some of the most popular and lucrative media plays in the world, luring broadcasters, advertisers and consumers to fork out huge sums to secure the chance to watch (and sponsor) their favorite teams and athletes. Even with the slowdown in a lot of sporting activity this year due to COVID — in the U.K.

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Meet Your Recruiter: Who is Molly Middleton?

Praxent

Meet Your Recruiter: Who is Molly Middleton? What’s your favorite thing about Recruiting? I also have a soft spot for collegiate recruiting. Some of my favorite career memories are when I worked on a campus recruiting team and got to meet students on campus. Distant of course, but nonetheless.

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Instacart raises $265M at a $39B valuation

TechCrunch

In a blog post announcing the news, Instacart doesn’t put specifics on the growth rates of usage over the course of 2020, but it does express its intent to grow headcount by 50% in 2021, and continue to scale and invest in its advertising, marketing and enterprise efforts specifically in a quote. Instacart raises $200M more at a $17.7B

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Daily Crunch: Dronamics lands $40M pre-Series A for cargo drones that ‘can cross all of Europe in 12 hours or less’

TechCrunch

The Cornerstone Foundation has a free 30-minute course you can take to uncover and work on them. Fantas3 sports : Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform, Paul reports. Stereotypes and prejudices exist, and being aware of yours is a good place to start working on.

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Technology Companies Need to Make Hard Choices to Teach More ‘Soft Skills”

CIO

They’re offering more perks to attract highly qualified applicants, of course. In sports, teams that play together well generally have an edge over those who don’t. Management training courses often devote segments to critical thinking skills. Courses and workshops can focus on specific decision-making techniques.

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Here’s How Luka Doncic Won Over Mark Cuban

N2Growth Blog

What advice does Mark have for future stars–regardless of whether they’re going into sports, business, law, or non-profits? Luka was not a proven talent when he was recruited to the Mavericks by Mark Cuban. When recruiting leaders, Mark Cuban admires several leadership qualities. Of course, they have raw talent.

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Tiger Global is betting that more schools are going to share future student earnings

TechCrunch

The lack of gender diversity, even as an early-stage startup with a handful of employees, could hurt its competitive advantage, recruiting prospects, and performance over time. Of course, a bet from the ever-ravenous Tiger Global is a statement. Notably, Blair’s eight person team is fully male. identify as non-white. billion.